, 1887-03-31
ght at'eekln Argus.
From. Friday" DaNy.

Gov Ferry and Judge W. d. Wood re
.aruei t. Seattle tniay.
The T der tales I.0 ;ca- Il ~ iron
70 FRISCO from IraH1al'.
Thcs. K,rkpatrick is home a-;.ir. attcr
Al extended trip to California.
Mr.. Ira Smith, superintendent Of the
Port Discovery saw mill, was in town
today,
There are abont sou E'a'cs of hops left
in the Territ.Iy q winch Yakima county
has Is talcs.
ever 100000 worth of GOLD dust was
purehasei 10y Eucnshurgh merchants
daring :be year IS'G.
We are giving the University rest to
5av, and attending 90 business-but to-
morrow We will be ont for fal'y
Dslarty ( Munroe's railway logging
camp near Port Discovery bay viii start
m hauling lumber on Mo.day next,
Fifty lumber and coal carsaes we're
sent from Puget Sound to coGstwi5c and
foreign ports during the Eccuuh o! Feb
uaFy.
The boys are zaaluusly practising for
"Allatooua." Look out for an eruption
OF home talent that VII effect your risi-
b.es violently.
Harry Tilman had long been DR.. Hills
tenant. He died not frieudless. but
alone. DR., HARRISON made the Certiti-
cate Of death from natural causes,
Mr. Jos. Sweeney of Friday Harbor
was in town today. He has three yoke
OF oxen and twenty tons of Timothy hay
for sale. Read his advertisement.
You will have to hurry if you want to
get a good seat for the Nellie Boyd Com
paDy's play "UrknowD," for tomorrow
evening. 1t will be worth your while to
see this talented actress once more.
Frank P. Lotus & &c. purchased from
Gnfiths. Bridges & Stetson, this week, a
large quantity OF iron that arrived from
England on the ship Carondalet, paying
s27.T5 per ton. This iron will be used
in making castings for building pur-
poses.
Special Agent Beecher is in San Fran
cisco. In conversation with reporter
there be expressed the opinion that few,
iiaDy, Chinese were obtaining ingrsss
to this eouItry through British Eolum-
bia. The fact is, said Mr.. Btecher, the
authorities Of British Columbia are keep
ing sharp watch on all Chinese immi-
grants, and the $40 per-capita tax i'm
pOsed OIL the Chinese has had a deter
rent effect on their immigration to that
point.
SUDDEN DEATH.-HaIry Timan, the
painter, who has long been a resident OF
Port Townsend, was found dead in his
bed this morning, at his shop next door
toS. D. Hill & Sons drug store. Cor
C1er Wyckoff made an examination this
TnSrning and satisfied himself that
death occurred from natural causes. The
funeral occurred today. Deceased had
been i'll for some time past. He had
acquired unaided considerable proficien-
y in artistic painting, aud some fine
specimens Of his work are left.
The ARGUS has gone a little out OF its
usual track in the past few weeks. So
much University has necessarily crowded
ont lOsa OF shipping aud current news.
We hope, however, TO get hack into
soFEIng order again soon. Don't ex-
pses too much, though till the "last
Gned Toe expires on the University
saesfOn. We must have that at any
cost Port Townsend needs it for a rea-
sonsolr even divisiou of honors with
'N other towns-and besides, we are
SAaA easy reaching distance of the
s. prize.
MG CarFothers, formerly of San
'oaa county, is in town aud will take
P4sase tonight on tue Elder for San
I'aaclsco, ;som whence he will sail on
-' he1i steamer Yokohama, Japan.
Nso. his spent several years, in Japan,
~ -sqa'Fed the use Of tie language,
40 80 gentleman Of wide observation
'aa Indulgence. lie returns now with
a'sS Of working up trade between
4e'unsry aud Puget Soaud, Icing in
8 uanicatiOn with leading business
"A II Seattle and Tacoma. The Port
.0sA'eed board of trade will doubtless
s. a. aa interest in this subject. Mr..
'0'ners will keep himself posted on
usss Sound affairs through the medium
h' ARGUS, aud our readers may ex-
Sometclng from his pen occasionally.
@ssFrs. ". Il. Green and John NJ.
Aarhn we're Passengers on the Dispatch
eS'e'day Tor Port Angeles. These gen.
'suieh are among the forerunners of the
-Och'talked-of Puget Sound Colony to
,Oca'ed at Angeles. They seem like
awake, stirring men who aim to 60
Sa''K In earnest. In printed list left
& ,,ao Us We See that there are at present
80 persons who have become msmbers
e colony, taking 2444 shares. They
SOD begin to arrive in large num-
Fort Angeles il situated in Cialan
on the southern shore of Fuca
about sixty miles inland from
ah' 1t gave great promise in the
ai1tes, while the custom house
e' out afterwards declined and
n-., nsd almost desolate till within the
years. 1t has the soil, the cli-
an ee timber and the harbor peces-
lti, W big town-and seems 10 be in
lat s,n way 10 get the population. 1t can.
any too fast to suit US.
n. from Saturdays Daily.
day. court VIII convene on Mon
hsp. " fort Discovery is in
sst tepalrany. are organizing :
ea'le Toms Cabin" at the oasrs